| Deposit ID | 10010263 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003854 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Cable Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.62157, 47.47987 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 4 1/2 MI N OF TAFT, MONT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lolo National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 020N | 032W | 24 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE SAMPLE IS SAID TO ASSAY 11 % ZN AND 24 % PB |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| Rock unit name | Revett Quartzite (White Quartzite);Burke Formation (Impure Quartzites And Argillites) | ||
| Rock description | Revett Quartzite (White Quartzite);Burke Formation (Impure Quartzites And Argillites) | ||
| |||
| (1) | -115.62157, 47.47987 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Small Scale Generally Ne Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults Are Present |
| Strike | N 45 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 35 SE |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Packer Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1066.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003854 |
SRC.REF: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 190
WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PP. 603 - 604 .
CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 190 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN REPLACES WALL ROCK IN PART, AS WELL AS FILLING FRACTURES ALONG CAVITIES. ORIENTATION OF VEIN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL NW ORIENTATION OF VEINS WITHIN THE MINING AREA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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